Light helpers drift downgrade through Lilly.
Norfolk Southern's N1R local out of Buffalo shoves into the small yard at Tifft street to switch out cars that will be interchanged here with the Buffalo Southern.
The first six axle on the Lititz Secondary! NS 6326 was the first NS six axle ever to run on this branch line. Consisting of mostly switching out customers and the track being jointed rail and ... (more)
A pair of SD40E helpers bring up the read of westbound intermodal 21Q as it heads down the west slope, passing under the PRR position light signals mounted on a I-Beam bridge in Greensburg, Pennsy... (more)
Helpers assist an eastbound ethanol train up track one.
A 4 pack of helpers wait to enter Rose Yard after assisting a heavy eastbound mixed freight over the mountain. A westbound mixed freight can be seen making its run on the hill in the foreground.
Helpers push a westbound stack train past the closed Alto tower.
Black Snake at SunriseA four pack of helpers assists braking for an eastbound oil train shortly after sunrise. As is common with trains on the Allegheny slopes, the train fills the ... (more)
Four EMD SD40E locomotives pushing a loaded coal train up the hill pass through South Fork PA. The train is passing the now removed MP 265 PRR Pedestal signal, which was the last of its kind on th... (more)
As the low sun holds on through the increasing clouds, the Selkirk to South Schenectady/Rotterdam local clatters towards Game Farm Road on Track #1. Leading the local with a big 89 car train for ... (more)
Sequentially numbered SD40E's 6328 and 6329 lead NS local T77 west over the Pope Lick trestle.
With helpers ahead, NS 63V (trash train) heads west through the no longer in service UN PRR era intermediate signal.
Altoona & Rose Yard continue to be busy spot. In a matter of 30 seconds, 4 tracks filled up with action as the helpers await their next assignment.
A matched set of helpers with consecutive numbers (NS 6300 & NS 6301) await their next assignment in Rose Yard.
The NS local to Erie C62 takes the siding at the Wesley control point and will hold as eastbound intermodal 22K passes on the mainline.